Environment
Novell Open Enterprise Server 11 (OES 11) Linux
Situation
Attempting to start novell-dhcpd fails with a TLS error 5
novell-dhcpd fails to read configuration out of eDirectory with tls errors.
novell-dhcpd fails to read configuration out of eDirectory with tls errors.
Resolution
Examine the /etc/openldap/ldap.conf file and ensure the following line is included:
TLS_REQCERT allow
TLS_REQCERT allow
Cause
Some modifications to the default ldap.conf file can cause this issue. A great troubleshooting step is to backup your current ldap.conf and replace it with a default one. For your convenience, a default ldap.conf is found below:
#
# LDAP Defaults
#
# See ldap.conf(5) for details
# This file should be world readable but not world writable.
#BASE dc=example,dc=com
#URI ldap://ldap.example.com ldap://ldap-master.example.com:666
#SIZELIMIT 12
#TIMELIMIT 15
#DEREF never
TLS_REQCERT allow
#
# LDAP Defaults
#
# See ldap.conf(5) for details
# This file should be world readable but not world writable.
#BASE dc=example,dc=com
#URI ldap://ldap.example.com ldap://ldap-master.example.com:666
#SIZELIMIT 12
#TIMELIMIT 15
#DEREF never
TLS_REQCERT allow